THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Registered charity 206862 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC039168 (OSCR)

Latest income
£24.9m
Latest spending
£24.6m
Registered
1962

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£24.9m
Total spending
£24.6m
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£1.0m
Employees
416

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£24.9m£24.6m
31/03/2024£21.5m£21.7m
31/03/2023£18.5m£20.8m
31/03/2022£16.3m£17.7m
31/03/2021£23.4m£16.1m

Common questions

Who funds THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE SOIL ASSOCIATION LIMITED as a grant recipient include King Charles III Charitable Fund, THE AURUM CHARITABLE TRUST, THE ROTHSCHILD FOUNDATION, THE AURORA TRUST, THE A TEAM FOUNDATION LIMITED.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Postcode Lottery31/05/2024£150kBuilding future resilience for people, communities and our environment
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2024£80k"#FIRNS2 Governance mechanisms for whole-farm and farm cluster natural capital project implementation"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund30/08/2023£50k"#FIRNS Feasibility assessment for an Aggregated Whole Farm approach to accessing natural capital markets."
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/06/2015£57k"WW1 Food for Life"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund20/12/2013£10k"WW1 Food for Life"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/11/2012£84k"Crofting Connections: Our Crofting Roots"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund31/03/2009£47k"Crofting Connections [In pre-application called Planting to Plate]"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund29/11/2004£50k"Seeing is Believing: learning about Scotlands food and farming heritage"
The National Lottery Heritage Fund27/03/2002£118k"National Organic Education"